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April 13, 2021: The Day Microsoft Forcibly Replaced Edge Legacy with Chromium on Millions of PCs
On April 13, 2021, millions of Windows 10 machines underwent a silent transformation. A routine cumulative security update did more than patch vulnerabilities—it surgically removed the legacy...
CERT-In Urges Immediate Patching of Critical Microsoft Edge, Windows Server, and Azure Databricks Flaws to Avert Ransomware
India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-severity advisory warning organizations and individuals to urgently patch a range of Microsoft products, including the Edge...
Microsoft Edge Canary Unlocks Background YouTube Playback Without Premium on Android
Microsoft Edge Canary for Android has quietly slipped in an experimental feature that lets you keep YouTube videos playing in the background—even with the screen off—without a YouTube Premium...
Edge Copilot's Agentic Future: Microsoft Surveys Multi-Tab Automation, Paid Pro Tier
Microsoft is testing the waters for a radical overhaul of Edge's Copilot, one that could transform the browser from a simple summarizer into an autonomous agent capable of completing tasks across...
Chrome Preps One-Click Default and Taskbar Pin on Windows 11 in Direct Challenge to Edge
Google is quietly building a single-click feature into Chrome that will set the browser as the default on Windows 11 and simultaneously pin its icon to the taskbar, according to strings discovered in...
The Windows 11 Playbook for a Flawless Live Sports Stream in Any Weather
A rain-slicked football field in Bluefield, West Virginia, is the unlikely catalyst for optimizing your Windows 11 streaming setup. A local dispatch captured a Jaguars–Saints moment next to a...
Edge Canary's Copilot-Inspired Theme Recolors Browser Frame When AI Is Active
Microsoft has begun testing a Copilot-inspired theme in Edge Canary that changes the browser frame’s color whenever Copilot Mode is enabled—a move that turns the browser’s chrome into a clear,...
How Microsoft Edge and Windows 11 Team Up to Deliver Flawless Game Day Streams on Any Hardware
A local news page featuring a Jaguars–Saints football moment and a Bluefield, West Virginia weather forecast might seem harmless. But on game day, such pages become performance traps for Windows...
Edge 139.0.3405.111 Integrates Right-Click Copilot Summarization and Critical Chromium Fixes
Microsoft pushed out Edge 139.0.3405.111 to the Stable channel on August 21, 2025, packing a fresh right-click Copilot Chat summarization command alongside the latest Chromium security patches. The...
Right-Click Copilot Summarization Arrives in Edge 139, On-Device AI Not Far Behind
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Edge Journeys: Microsoft Gating On-Device AI Summaries Behind $20 Copilot Pro Subscription
Microsoft is testing Journeys, a new Edge feature that uses on-device AI to automatically group tabs, search history, and browsing activity into tidy, context-aware summaries—but early Canary...
Edge Canary Flags Reveal Microsoft's Plan to Sync Passkeys Across Devices via Microsoft Account
Microsoft has begun testing a significant upgrade to Edge that would allow the browser to sync passkeys across devices, signaling a major step toward a passwordless future. The latest Canary builds...